Section: Reviews

Review: Light Plot Deconstructed Book

Less then a month ago, we wrote about a new book on the market designed at understanding how a lighting plot is laid out called, Light Plot Deconstructed, By Gregg Hillmar.
The author and distributor, Nemetschek, (the makers of Vectoworks) was kind enough to send us an advanced copy to do a review for you, our [...]

Review: Synthe FX iPhone App, Luminair Version 1.5

We recently wrote about the arrival of an update and release of Synthe FX’s lighting control iPhone app, Luminair. Over the last month we have been following Synthe FX progress on releasing the update version 1.5 of Luminair.  Luminair allows you to control, view and manage intelligent DMX lighting fixtures and consoles, straight from your [...]

Review: Richard Cadena’s New Book Electricity for the Entertainment Elec. & Tech

A month a ago, we announced the upcoming release of Richard Cadena’s latest book, Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician form Focal Press. iSquint is honored to have received an advanced copy of the book to do a review.
About The Author
Mr. Cadena is the editor of Projection, Lights and Staging News (PLSN), an ETCP [...]

Review: Enttec E-Streamer

The Enttec E-Streamer is a rack mountable show server for entertainment and the architectural world. One huge draw to the E-Streamer is that it can handle up to 64 universes. It is recommended that if you are using fully populated universes, you limit yourself to 40 per unit if you are running on a [...]

Review: Elktralite LXE700 Spot and Wash Unit

Around the time of LDI this past year, Elektralite announced the release of their newest line of moving lights, the LXE700 Spot and Wash unit. Elektralite has started shipping units with in the US through their distributor, Group One Limited. Elektralite has been kind enough to drop off one of each unit for iSquint to [...]

Review: iPhone App – Light Calc Lite

iPhone apps are growing in numbers on the iTunes Music Store. At the current count there are over 10,000 iPhone apps available through iTunes. We have recently performed a search on iTunes for apps specific to the entertainment lighting industry and have found just a hand full off apps. Quite a few of the [...]

LDI 2008 Mobile Show App

Are you attending LDI 2008 in Las Vegas this year? If so, Live Design, the people that put on LDI have something for you.
To help you at the show with finding booths and the latest show info, Live Design has created a  web app for the iPhone and iTouch.  You will be able to [...]

Product Review: iPhone App – DMXCalc

Today we start the iPhone applications reviews for apps that are designed to help us, the lighting professional accomplish their job quickly and easily.
Our first iPhone app review is the DMXCalc from West Side Systems.  West Side Systems are the developers of and publishers of personal computer products for entertainment lighting design.  One of their [...]

Product Review: City Thearical SHoW DMX

SHoW DMX™ from City Theatrical is the newest generation of frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) wireless DMX, incorporating many features to make life easier. The 2.4GHz unlicensed area of the spectrum has become crowded, and many shows now have numerous systems operating show-critical data in the same area. The lighting, sound, and automation departments may all [...]

Product Review: The Ultimte Focus Tool

The Ultimate Focus Tool was introduced at LDI 2007 by StageJunk.com.  The tool is made out of light weight aluminum with a hard coat anodized finish with a rough sides for easy handling.  The finish is wear resistant and will not damage steel or iron nuts and bolts.  The aluminum construction makes it light weight [...]

Lighting Design and the iPhone

Just over a year ago, Apple released the iPhone. The all-in-one device that makes and sends calls, plays your music, movies, tv shows, gets you directions, shows you the latest YouTube videos, and much Much more. I personally have one and LOVE it.
Just recently, Apple, released an update to the iPhone to 2.0 and [...]